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PRESS RELEASE: Art of the Piedmont Art Auction and Reception to be held February 21st

Homestretch by Gail Guirreri-Maslyk

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Middleburg, VA – Feb. 10, 2014 – Original artwork from some of the area’s finest artists will be available at the Art of the Piedmont Art Auction and Reception to be held at the Middleburg Community Center in the heart of the village of Middleburg on Friday, February 21st.

Nineteen artists will be featuring their works this year, including Gail Guirreri-Maslyk with her dynamic oil paintings of the horse world: abstract artist Dana Volkert, whose compositions of gold and silver leaf, combined with oil paint and abalone shell, create masterful illusions of nature; award-winning portrait artist Henry Wingate; Dana Lee Thompson, whose oil paintings capture the essence of the hunt hound: and Katherine Riedel with her inspired paintings of the Piedmont landscapes.

The evening, which drew over 300 attendees last year, benefits Middleburg Montessori School, which has been educating children in Maria Montessori’s unique philosophy of education for more than 30 years.